Monthly Newsletter of the Central Coast Square Dance Association

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1 1 The Chatter Jan 2019 Monthly Newsletter of the Central Coast Square Association The by Shirley Hanrion We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and spent time doing so many fun things in life with family and friends. We are now ready to welcome in the new year dancing with great callers and greeting again your dancing friends. To start off the first dance in January, we will have Dale Hoppers coming from Los Angeles to call on Sunday, January 13. Dale is a lot of fun and works his way around the dancing floor and sometimes gets into squares with the dancers too. Our next dance is Sunday, January 27, and we will be having two good people a lot of us have not experienced before, Terry and Janet Passarino coming to us from Ballico. Terry does the calling and Janet cues the round dancing. Please attend both dances as a welcome to all the callers for coming to our area. SLO Motion Squares by David & Susan Cleek Ring in the New Year... Join 8+ RV's and all our fun dancers at the last Winter Festival, Jan in King City. There will be some other travel opportunities coming up. Maybe we will look into a visit to the Oceano Melodrama, as we found out one of our favorite callers has not been there... Looks like we are in for some Farmers Market demos and more chances to bring folks into our sport of choice... dancing!! Latest from the Marketing Team The Marketing Committee met during the holidays and has begun working on promotion and advertising for the new dancer class which starts Wednesday, March 6, The class will run 15 weeks and finish Wednesday, June 12, 2019, with a Mainstream Graduation dance. This year s class will have class coordinators who will be responsible for the behind the scenes duties and ensure the class runs smoothly. Talk to Rich Hendrickson if you re interested in helping out as a class coordinator. We will also be looking for class angels as well. We are awaiting approval from the SLO Farmers Market so we can hold demonstration dances at the Thursday night Downtown Farmers Market. Tentatively the demos will be one Thursday night in January and one in February in downtown SLO from 6pm to 8pm. Once we re approved we will put out the dates and sign-up sheets for dancers. Soon we will be setting up a Facebook event for the new dancer class that you ll be able to invite your friends to. The Facebook event will promote the class and have all the details about the class, including the day, location, and times. We will also be promoting the new dancer class on Instagram. So be sure you ve liked our Facebook page, facebook.com/squaredancecentralcoast, and our Instagram account, instagram.com/squaredancecentralcoast. You can also find links to our Facebook and Instagram accounts on our website, squaredancecentralcoast.com. Please continue to pass out the square dance business cards to interested people. If you need more cards, please ask for the Marketing Committee members or the committee at squaredancecentralcoast@gmail.com. New rs Class Coming on Wednesdays: Mar 6 th to June 12 th 7:00pm 9:00pm The Guild Hall on Broad St, SLO Let your friends know No dance experience needed Couples and Singles welcome Casual clothes, comfort shoes Alcohol & Smoke free Make new friends Great Exercise! Contemporary Western Music Darren Gallina, instructor Sign up record interest with any club member - get name(s), phone number and address to John Hischier at (805)

2 Central Coast Square Association (CCSDA) Chatter Newsletter Mail: 9546 Los Palos Road, Atascadero, CA Editor: Rich Hendrickson Phone: (805) website: squaredancecentralcoast.com Statement of Policy The Chatter is published monthly by the Central Coast Square Association for members of the Association and paid subscribers. Copy deadline for articles and new ADs is the 25 th of the month preceding the month of issue. The editor and publisher reserve the right to edit, omit, and/or rewrite ALL ARTICLES submitted, based on their determination of the best interests of the square and round dance activities and space available. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION $10.50 A Year Call for Ad pricing: (805) Or the editor at centralcoastchatter@gmail.com Central Coast Callers & Cuers Square Callers Dave and Jo Rensberger Darren Gallina 201 Five Cities Drive Spc Oxford Drive Pismo Beach, CA Lompoc, CA Phone: Phone: John Ryan Jay Henderson 1518 Ash St Biddle Ranch Rd. Arroyo Grande, CA San Luis Obispo, CA Phone: Phone: Round Cuers David & Susan Cleek 1610 Baden Ave. Grover Beach, CA Phone: , or Susan: CCSDA Page 2 Central Coast Square Association Officers President: Doug Albright 1349 Cove Ct. Oceano, CA Phone: Secretary: Diane Mercer dkmercer@outlook.com Treasurer: Anne Edgecombe 9546 Los Palos Rd. Atascadero Phone: Past President: Joe Boyajian 1019 Robin Circle Arroyo Grande Phone: Insurance: Pam & George Paladini 8630 Coromar Rd. Atascadero Phone: Membership: Shirley Hanrion shanrion@charter.net Publicity Chair: Leah Greeley sweetpeawg@gmail.com Webmaster: Russ Foster Phone: ccsdawebmaster@yahoo.com CCSDA Website: Facebook link: Chatter Editor: Rich Hendrickson Phone: centralcoastchatter@gmail.com

3 Some Paso Squares History Do You Remember? Last year s Dec 13 th Christmas dance, preceded by a potluck, was an enjoyable evening of dining and dancing at the Paso Robles Guild Hall. Jay Henderson called the tips. Historic club banners were recently discovered in the old hall. They were displayed on the walls during the December dance. One was an old banners used for club banner raids. As the CCSDA bylaws read 4-B. Banners may be claimed at any club dance. 4-C. The first club with a full square in attendance advises the host club that they lay claim to a banner. 4-D. One square is required per banner. 4-E. First come, first served. The travelling club square could retrieve a surrendered banner in the same way. With many clubs in the CCSDA, this encouraged wide ranging inter-club attendance. See accompanying picture. CCSDA Page 3 Workshop on How to Use Facebook by Darren Gallina The Marketing Committee wants to ensure that all local dancers on Facebook are connected to the CCSDA s Facebook page, squaredancecentralcoast. If you are unsure whether or not you re connected to our Facebook page, plan on attending our Facebook Workshop at the dance, Sunday, January 13, We will have a couple of Facebook guru s there to work with you one-on-one to make sure you re connected and also answer any BASIC Facebook questions you might have. Please bring the following items: Your Facebook username and password Your mobile device smart phone or tablet or laptop that you usually use to access Facebook. If you use a desktop computer, we will have a laptop available for you to use. Again, these will be one-on-one sessions that shouldn t last more than 10 or 15 minutes. So you won t miss much dancing. We want everyone connected to squaredancecentralcoast to help promote the new class and other local square dance events. Travel Banner Recently Uncovered (for Club Trading) HOEDOWNERS Club Dancing Twice a Month - Round, Mainstream/Class, & Plus Square Dancing. Upcoming dances: Jan 13 Dale Hoppers Jan 27 Terry & Janet Passarino Feb 10 Scot & Erin Byars - Valentine Feb 24 Tim Merino Mar 10 Vic Ceder Mar 24 Darren Gallina San Luis Obispo Guild Hall, 2880 Broad St. SLO Every 2nd & 4 th Sunday 1:30p 4:30p Pre-Rounds 1:30pm, Squares 2:00p for information: Shirley Hanrion, Tuesday Dancing with Dave or Darren When: Tuesdays, 6:30pm to 9:00pm (call to verify) - Dave Rensberger calls on the 1 st & 3 rd Tuesdays - Darren Gallina calls on the 2 nd & 4 th Tuesdays Where: 1417 Carmel St, SLO (between Buchon & Pismo) Paso Squares Club Dancing Monthly -2nd Thursday Mainstream / Plus Dancing 7:00pm 9:00pm All s are at the Paso Robles Guild Hall, 627 Creston Rd. (up driveway to left of convenience store) Paso Robles, CA Info: call Rick Hamilton,

4 Calendar 2019 CCSDA Page 4 January Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Dark :30pm Plus Workshop w/ Darren 13 - with Dale Hoppers 14 6:30pm :30pm 27 - Terry & Janet Passarino 28 6:30pm 3 4 6:30pm 8 Cuesta 15 Dave's Adv/Plus - - Ferraros' Studio 22 Cuesta Break-the- Resolution 9 10 Paso Darren Gallina Dave s Adv/Plus (check ) February with Scot & Erin Byars (Valentines) 11 6:30pm :30pm 12 Cuesta 19 Dave s Adv/Plus (check ) Paso Jay Henderson with Tim Merino 25 6:30pm 26 Cuesta

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